Is the new Joint Commission mandate that healthcare institutions address disruptive behaviors an appropriate standard? Con position.

摘要

Timpact of being branded by a "scarlet letter" in Nathaniel Hawthorne's time pales in comparison to what is wrought upon unsuspecting practitioners labeled as "disruptive" in today's medicine. Virtually irremovable once affixed, the brand of "disruptive" can summarily ruin an otherwise brilliant medical career and should prompt every practitioner to immediately, and aggressively, risk manage their practice to avoid even the inference of any such status.